Summary: The Second War is in a stalemate. After drastic reforms, the Ministry has only just managed to keep pace with the Dark Lord’s followers.
Scrimgeour is still firmly in the Ministry’s chief seat, yet an unrelenting obsession and almost unlimited authority have transformed him into a relentless tyrant.
Against a background of Wizarding society’s slow decent into anarchy, small bands of Aurors try to stop the flood of Death Eaters and their vile allies. One such band or Aurors —the Order of the Phoenix commanded by Harry Potter— is send on a confidential mission as the armies of the Ministry and Lord Voldemort meet…